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View ArticleHigh swines! Washington farmers feed pot to pigs
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View Article>Flavor experiment: Wash. farmer feeds pot to pigs
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) — Seattle residents can now have marijuana pork chops on the dinner table. Bolstered by the legalization...
View ArticleMarijuana-Fed Pigs Make 'Best Pork Chop You've Ever Had'
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View ArticleWash. farmer feeds pot to pigs for 'good flavor'
Published June 27, 2013Associated Press June 18, 2013: Jeremy Gross with the pigs he is raising on his farm in Snohomish, Wash.AP SNOHOMISH, Wash. – The white van with tinted windows pulled up to the...
View ArticleFlavor experiment: Wash. farmer feeds pot to pigs
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — The white van with tinted windows pulled up to the driveway with its cargo - cardboard boxes full of marijuana. And the customers eagerly awaited it, grunting and snorting. The deal...
View ArticleFlavor experiment: Wash. farmer feeds marijuana to pigs, calls taste ‘savory’
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — The white van with tinted windows pulled up to the driveway with its cargo - cardboard boxes full of marijuana. And the customers eagerly awaited it, grunting and snorting. The deal...
View ArticleWashington flavor experiment: farmer feeds pot to pigs
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View ArticleDespite pot diet, you won't get high on these hogs
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View ArticleUse of plant excess wastes no pot or pigs
SNOHOMISH, Wash. The white van with tinted windows pulled up to the driveway with its cargo -- cardboard boxes full of marijuana. And the customers eagerly awaited it, grunting and snorting. The deal...
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View ArticleMarijuana laced bacon anyone? BB Ranch serves up pot fed pigs
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View ArticleWashington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed
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View ArticlePigs on pot: U.S. state finds marijuana gets the oinkers eating
Pigs can now fly. If they're fed enough marijuana. Not that we can know just how that makes them feel. Though they taste pretty good. After Washington state recently voted to legalize marijuana...
View ArticlePot helps porkers pack on pounds
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View ArticlePot-Eating Pigs Fatten Up Before Hitting The Market
Posted: May 21, 2013 Experimenting with marijuana is usually reserved to the average high school or college stoner, but pot-eating pigs in Washington state are putting that theory to the test. Susannah...
View ArticlePot-Fed Pigs Grow Bigger, Tastier and Probably Mellower
Flickr/purpabooWith Los Angeles voters deciding on three ballot measures today (D, E and F) regulating marijuana dispensaries, here's some food for thought: Pigs fed marijuana stems, roots and leaves...
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